HSK 6 · Verbs

回顾 huígù “to look back” in Chinese

Traditional 回顧

What 回顾 means

  1. to look back
  2. to review

How to say 回顾

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale回huí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale顾gù4th tone, falling

回顾 in a sentence

  1. 咱们回顾一下。

    Zánmen huígù yíxià.

    Let’s review.

    Sentence #5136700 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会记会议笔记，下次会议前可以回顾一下。

    Wǒ huì jì huìyì bǐjì, xiàcì huìyì qián kěyǐ huígù yíxià.

    I’ll take notes at the meeting so we can go over them before the next one.

    Sentence #13151229 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 回顾 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 回 (huí) with each of its parts in a different colour
回huíto go back; to return; to turn back
  • 囗enclosure · wéi
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidOne square inside another, like going round and coming back: to return.

The character 顾 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
顾gùto look after
  • 厄adversity · èSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 厄 (è) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

How to write 回顾

回 6 strokes · 顾 10 strokes

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回顾 (huígù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 回顾 (huígù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 回顾

Words with 回

回huí · to return回来huílai · to return回去huíqu · to return回答huídá · to reply回忆huíyì · to recall回避huíbì · to avoid挽回wǎnhuí · to retrieve回报huíbào · to repay回收huíshōu · to recycle

Words with 顾

照顾zhàogu · take care of顾客gùkè · customer顾虑gùlǜ · worry顾问gùwèn · adviser不顾búgù · regardless of不屑一顾búxièyígù · to disdain后顾之忧hòugùzhīyōu · worries back home统筹兼顾tǒngchóujiāngù · to plan as a whole and consider all aspects

More words: Thinking & Talking

哄hǒng · to coax吼hǒu · to roar恍然大悟huǎngrándàwù · to suddenly realise呼唤hūhuàn · to call忽略hūlüè · to overlook混淆hùnxiáo · to confuse呼吁hūyù · to appeal鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish

FAQs

回顾 (huígù) means “to look back” or “to review”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it huígù: huí with a 2nd tone, then gù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 回顾 is written 回顧. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huigu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 回顾 from the suggestions. Typing huigu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
回顾 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.